Automate this! SmartThings lets you control the real world

December 7, 2012 9:35 AM Ciara Byrne
Ciara Byrne

SmartThings CEO Jeff Hagins turned on the Christmas lights in Paris, but the Christmas tree was in Minnesota. And when one of his developers back in the U.S. hit the liquor cabinet, Hagins got an SMS.

Hackers can do a lot of damage via broadband power lines

August 7, 2011 5:47 PM Dean Takahashi
Dean Takahashi

Hackers showed they have a very long reach at the Defcon hacker conference this week. They can turn off your power or hack your home automation systems through internet-connected power lines.

Independent security researchers David “Rel1k” Kennedy and Rob “Kc57″ …